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JOHANNESBURG (AP): The planned auction of dozens of artefacts belonging to Nelson Mandela has been suspended pending a court application to completely halt it, the body that protects South Africa’s cultural heritage said Tuesday. The online auction.
Dozens of artefacts linked to South African reformist icon Nelson Mandela will not be auctioned for now. The development comes after a court application to completely halt the auction came into force, the body that protects South Africa's cultural heritage has said.
The online auction was scheduled by New York-based Guernsey’s auction house for February 24. This was reportedly in conjunction with Dr Makaziwe Mandela, the eldest daughter of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically elected president who died in 2013.